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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11257
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14035
13 Actual Demand 10964
14 Aggregate Planning 11877
15 Air Cargo 9804
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6413
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34527
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15189
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18877
20 Assembly Line 21498
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22642
22 Average Speed of Answer 26351
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22636
24 Batch Production 37612
25 Bill Discounting 14110
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10806
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6909
28 Blanket Release 9748
29 Bonded Warehouse 9844
30 Booking Number 13404
31 Bottleneck 9219
32 Buffer Stock 58312
33 Build to Stock 12707
34 Bullwhip Effect 9282
35 Business Logistics 25091
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12315
37 Capacity Management 39524
38 Capacity Utilization 13767
39 Capital Intensive 8095
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8373
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11835
42 Certified Supplier 8805
43 Channel Effectiveness 8772
44 Co-Destiny 9042
45 Co-managed Inventory 12199
46 Co-Packers 11547
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6610
48 Computer-Based Training 7490
49 Consular Invoice 19329
50 Container Depot 10357
51 Container Freight Station 10122
52 Continuous Replenishment 19196
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11816
54 Contract Carrier 7200
55 Contract of Affreightment 11183
56 Control Charts 7757
57 Cost Flow 10065
58 Courier Service 14864
59 CPFR 8005
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11532
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43351
62 Date Code 17749
63 Days of Supply 19484
64 Dead on Arrival 8934
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7083
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7866
67 Detective Control 8693
68 Devanning 13995
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10605
70 Dispatching 23657
71 Distributed Inventory 8168
72 Distribution Channel Management 34077
73 Distribution Metrics 8725
74 Distribution Planning 23907
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14864
76 Double Marginalization 52219
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21999
78 Dual 5272
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20305
80 Echelon Inventory 25868
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37964
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48894
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7413
84 Efficient Frontier 24989
85 Engineer-to-Order 31274
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15970
87 Erlang B Formula 9104
88 ETD 8095
89 Ex Works 7677
90 Exception Rate 13157
91 Exponential smoothing 9617
92 External Growth 9831
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9215
94 Field Services 7585
95 Field Warehouse 9695
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8440
97 Fishbone Diagram 14313
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26543
99 Flow Through Distribution 12055
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7930
101 FOB Destination 12691
102 Forward buying 29736
103 Freight Charge 10107
104 Freight Consolidation 7331
105 Gantt Chart 8121
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11431
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29195
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12433
109 Hub 23064
110 Idle Time 7871
 
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